Thursday, 27 June 2019

From British Infantry uniforms since 1660 by Barthrop/Turner this is Francis Hawley First Foot Guards Grenadier offfcer 1685

So today in 1685 was this battle in the Monmouth Rebellion - fought just outside of Bath. Steve Carter is currently putting together a book for Helion 'Fighting for Liberty' and he has published an excellent map of the action - here,

Friday, 14 June 2019

I like to find the illustrations from books that are in black and white and find the colour version. This one is in the book The Armies of Philip IV of Spain 1621 - 1665: The fight for European Supremacy (Century of the Soldier). The full painting can be seen in a zoomable format here also features cavalry.

Monday, 10 June 2019

Today is the 400th of this TYW battle. The Battle of Sablat or Záblatí occurred on 10 June 1619, during the Bohemian period of the Thirty Years' War. The battle was fought between a Roman Catholic Imperial army led by Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy and the Protestant army of Ernst von Mansfeld.